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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Conclusion2 <br /> <br />Development of the above-described project would be very expensive <br />and as the possibility of other water uses, such as municipal supplies and <br />flood control are limited, irrigation water users could not hope to pay for <br />construction costs under present economic conditions. Annual operation and <br />maintenance costs alone would be very expensive. <br /> <br />Plaska Project <br /> <br />General <br /> <br />Plaska Project is on Prairie Dog Town Fork of Red River in Hall <br />County, Texas. Storage would be provided on Mulberry Creek for the irriga- <br />tion of project lands in the vicinity of Plaska. Some recreational and fish <br />and wildlife propagation benefits could be realized from project development. <br /> <br />Proiect Work~ <br /> <br />The project would consist of a dam and reservoir on Mulberry Creek, <br />about 25 miles of gravity flow main canal, and laterals and drains for <br />approximately 2,000 acres of irrigable lands. <br /> <br />The dam would be located about one mile upstream from the bridge <br />on State Highway No. 256. It would be a rolled earth-fill structure of <br />approximately 8,500 feet in crest length and some 70 feet above stream bed. <br />Embankment would total about 2,800,000 cubic yards. <br /> <br />Capacity of the reservoir is <br />an elevation 60 feet above stream bod. <br />probably be no more than sufficient to <br /> <br />estimated to be 100,000 acre-feet at <br />Runoff, together with storage, would <br />irrigate in excess of 2,000 acres. <br /> <br />The main canal would be about 25 miles long from the reservoir to <br />the project lands. It would divert on the left bank of Mulberry Creek and <br />continue along the left bank of Prairie Dog Town Fork to the irrigable <br />lands. The initial capacity of the canal would be about 50 cubic feet per <br />second. <br /> <br />Only inspection surveys have been made of irrigable lands; however, <br />the area of suitable lands exceeds the available ~ater supply. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />Quality of Nater <br /> <br />Recently completed studies of data compiled through cooperation of <br />the State of Texas, the Geological Survey, and the Bureau of Reclamation <br />indicate waters of Prairie Dog Town Fork unsuitable for either municipal or <br />irrigation use. Waters of Mulberry Creek are unsuited for municipal Use but <br />would probably be satisfactoIJ' for irrigation use. <br /> <br />Local Interest <br /> <br />There has been considerable interest shown by local people in the <br />possibility of developing n multiple purpose project on Prairie Dog Town <br /> <br />~ <br />